write-bangla-with-unijoy-and-fcitx-in-kde.md 1.7 KB
How to Write Bangla with Unijoy Layout using Fcitx in KDE Plasma 5
This has been tested on Arch Linux 2017 (Linux Kernel 4.12.12-1-ARCH) with KDE Plasma 5.10 installed, with libreoffice-fresh version 5.4.1.2.0 and other KDE apps.
Install the necessary pacakges:
sudo pacman -S fcitx fcitx-qt4 fcitx-qt5 m17n-db fcitx-m17n fcitx-configtool
You can install this if you want to access fcitx configuration from KDE settings (optional):
sudo pacman -S kcm-fcitx # optional
Run this and go to Interface, then choose fcitx as input method:
qtconfig-qt4
Run nano ~/.xprofile and add at bottom:
# fcitx
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim # for gtk apps
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT4_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
fcitx &
Run nano ~/.bashrc and add at bottom:
export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
Now run this:
fcitx
This will bring up a new icon in the taskbar. You can close the terminal, fcitx will run in background.
- Right click on the icon and choose Configure.
- In the Input Method tab, uncheck Only Show Current Language.
- Then type in the Search Input Method textbox by typing "unijoy" on it. You will see the unijoy method on the list.
- With unijoy selected, click [>] button to add it to the list on the right
- Go to Addon Config tab. Click on the button beside M17N.
- Check Enable deprecated Input method.
- Click OK. Click Apply and OK.
You will not be able to write in Bangla yet. Reboot the machine (logout and login should also work).
You can run fcitx-diagnose to find out if there's any problem with the setup.